We asked our readers to tell us who they planned to vote for in the 2014 Quebec Election. When our poll closed at midnight, the […]
Author: Jason C. McLean
Quebec election postponed until August: Marois
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois surprised reporters this morning when she announced that the Quebec election, originally slated for next Monday, would be postponed until August […]
Voter suppression Quebec-style: What Marois is really afraid of
It’s enough to make any true bleu Quebec nationalist quake in their boots. It’s also enough to make Quebec Anglos who already feels persecuted raise […]
Legal immigrant faces deportation for asking CBSA a question
Yesterday, a simple meeting with the Canadian Border Services Agency went very wrong very quickly for Miguel Luna Cruz. Originally from Mexico, Cruz had been […]
Hatemonger Fred Phelps is dead. Should his funeral be picketed?
“Today, Mr. Phelps may have learned that God, in fact, hates no one. Vicious and hate-filled as he was, may his soul find the kind […]
Closing Time? Coderre wants to let Montreal bars stay open until 6am
Denis Coderre doesn’t mind if Montrealers drink a little bit later. Inspired by Nuit Blanche, he’s calling for proposals on how to allow bars in […]
St-Henri train derailment: How do we prevent a disaster?
Early Sunday morning, a train went off the tracks in St-Henri. Two locomotives and two wagons derailed near the intersection of St-Jacques and de Courcelle. […]
New Pussy Riot music video with footage of the group beaten and whipped in Sochi
Yesterday footage of Kossac militia in Sochi beating and actually whipping members of the now-infamous political punk group Pussy Riot while they were performing in […]
New app tracks US drone strikes and sends push notifications when they happen
Most people know by now that the US uses drones quite a bit in the Middle East these days. Some are aware that drone killings […]
Lac-Mégantic residents protest for the right to cross town and visit their loved ones
Yesterday in Quebec there was a protest. It wasn’t about some broad-reaching concept like the Charter, it was about something much more specific and basic: […]